GDC Reconsidering Bushnell Award After Backlash

GDC Reconsidering Bushnell Award After Backlash
[Jan 31, 2018, 11:18 am ET] – Share – Viewing Comments

Rolling Stone's "Glixel" reports that the Game Developer's Conference is reconsidering plans to honor Atari co-founder Nolan Bushnell with their Pioneer Award at the 2018 GDC Awards. This follows an outcry that's spawned a #NotNolan campaign, citing well-publicized stories of how the original Atari culture was a hotbed of drinking, drugs, hot tubs, and sexism (in other words, the 1970s). Concerns are being voiced that the timing of this award is especially inappropriate in light of the current focus on movements like #MeToo and #TimesUp, and a GDC spokesperson tells Glixel they are looking at the choice "more closely" in light of this.

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Re: GDC Reconsidering Bushnell Award After Backlash
Jan 31, 2018, 11:57

Burrito of Peace

Re: GDC Reconsidering Bushnell Award After Backlash Jan 31, 2018, 11:57

Jan 31, 2018, 11:57

Burrito of Peace

Oh this is just horseshit. Without Nolan Bushnell, we wouldn't be where we are today with either hardware or software. Revisionist history just needs to stop.

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